Strikes kill 150 Islamic State militants in Syria: U.S.-led coalition

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This content was published on January 23, 2018 9:07 PMJan 23, 2018 - 21:07

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State said it killed nearly 150 militants in strikes carried out on Saturday in the Syrian middle Euphrates River Valley.

"The precision strikes were a culmination of extensive intelligence preparation to confirm an ISIS headquarters and command and control center in an exclusively ISIS-occupied location in the contested middle Euphrates River Valley," a statement issued on Tuesday said, using an acronym for Islamic State.

The statement said the strikes took place near As Shafah, Syria and killed between 145 and 150 militants.

(Reporting by Idrees Ali; Editing by Steve Orlofsky)

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